Students' Blogging
Article by:
Leslie, P. & Murphy, E.(2008)
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Interesting findings in this article revealed two essential purposes for blogging: one is a socially function, and the other is for the insight of knowledge. The social framework consist of advice, assisting, modeling, and increase chances for social, peer, and team interaction, communication, presence, networking learning experience, and getting to know each other. The knowledge framework consist of also advice, contribution and to provide chances for teamwork, cooperation and community-centered sharing, structuring, stating knowledge, ideas (positive or negative comments), opinions (collective understanding), different viewpoints, analysis, outlook, and common goals respectively. Blogging personal information has value in creating personal reflection of oneself (benchmark), as well as the chance to revise "the analysis of an experience". Below is an inclusive summary of some of the purposes for blogging in a bullet point listing.
- motivates (ownership) to make a greater effort from advice (encouragement),as well as for educational experience (completing difficult task)
- social software blogging interaction sustains individuals (emotional response) and/or in group activities
- gives a sense of online and empowerment presence
- personal outcome (outlet) learning to include social activity (interactive)
- individual knowledge contributions are made to a group, as well as benefits from others' insights
- ones thoughts and attributes are made to others with a chance to be heard (self-disclosure, a fundamental social need)
In concluding, participation engages for the purpose to interact with others and to express a social presence, as well as for self-disclosure. Emotions are shared to provide an outlet for learning and motivation in completing difficult tasks. Above all, blogs are considered for the needs of the participants rather than an instructor and/or institution. Wonderful..............
By: Just, Rita
